Catalogued by Bonhams as: “A fine miniature Satsuma vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji era (late 19th century)”. Offered at Bonhams, New York, on 2015-03-18 (sale 22380, lot 3135). It realised USD 9,375 including buyer’s premium.
Catalogue description (as published): A fine miniature Satsuma vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji era (late 19th century) The bulbous body rising to a garlic bulb mouth and decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackled ground with a scene of fishermen casting nets on Lake Biwa, the shoulder and neck with a lobed collar of flower heads and scrolling vines, the rim designed with tight foliate scrolls on a dark red ground, the foot bordered with a geometric band; signed on the underside in gilt Yabu Meizan 3 1/2in (8.9cm) high